ry men of reading and i~cfietTtioll and experience every man or obler vation, that give such people full information lefpeifting public mea i'ures—if they have time to think for themselves they will generally think right ; they will generally confide in government while it de serves their confidence ; but for want of t his full in formation, a well meaning people may be, and fre quently are, led suddenly astray, by such characters as I have dc-fcii bed. Think not my fellow-citizens, that I recommend a blind approba tion of all the Laws enacted by the Legiilature of the United Slates, or of this State: ftiould this Law or or any 01 her Law of either, be dis covered by experience to be defec tive, opprelfive, incoHfiltent with the principles of real liberty, or partial in its operation, it istiie in dispensable duty of every good ci tizen who makes the discovery, to point out to his fellow-citizens, with manly freedom, which is always accompanied with decorum, the evil consequences which lie apprehends from it, and to promote proper re prefentaiions to those whom we have intruded with the legislative power ; as we chufe them freely, and may chufe otheis in their (lead at Hated and short periods, when ever we disapprove of t heir condu<ft, can we doubt that they will not pay the utmoll attention to such repre sentations ? We may be sure that they will repeal every law liable to such objections, or so modify it as to make it promotive of the general welfare, in the bed manner: of this we have convincing evidence, in the alterations which have already been made in the firft law for raising this revenue, by which it is made more equal ; since which time the people in this State, on this fide of the mountain, seem very generally con tented with it. Indeed uulef \ it be unequal in its operation and burthen, as between the different States, no oppof.tisn to it eould be apprehended from the citizens of Pennsylvania, consistently with their Federal character, as they had been long accujlomed to an Excise of their own, agaivjl which they did nvt co?ji~ plain. To conclude this head, when this or any other revenue is paid ge nerally by the community at large,no in dividuals of that community can re fufe or evade the payment of if with out breach of moral houejiy and social duty. I would be wanting in juflice to the AJfociate "Judges in this diftr itt, were J not to declare that they perfectly join with me in recommending obedicnce to the Laws of the land, as indispensably necessary to fscure and perpetuate the peace, liberty, fafety and happiness of the people. FROM THE NEIV-BRUNSWIC ADVERTISER. Address from Americans to FAYETTE. ILLUSTRIOUS patriot ! enlightened citi zen of the world ! for fucjj still thou art, as such thy name is engraven on our hearts, as such recorded on the rolls of immortality. —When we saw France convulsed by parties, we rejoiced and we trembled ; —rejoiced be 'caufe we still found thee leading where glory called, and where wisdom pointed out the way.—x\rdent in the cause of liber ty,but guid ed by prudence. We trembled left thy mode ration should draw on thee the rebutment of factions struggling for superiority, burning with cnthufiafm, and bursting forth against each other, with the violence of rage. Long we saw thee amidst many tempests, ride clear of the rocks which surrounded thee on every fide. Still thou waft Fayetti; and though France, for whom thou waft ready to shed the last crimson drop from thy veins,calls thee traitor—tho'ilie has driven thee into the hands of defpots—tho' tyrants regardless of the laws of nations confine thee in regions and immure thee in caftles*of flaverv; ftiUthouart heNvho bleediog with us in the cause of freedom, en deared thyfclf to the citizens of America— still in the land of princes, in the dominions of monafchs, none is seen great as thyfelf, and in the land of heroes, thou haft left none thy rival. We hope with thee that France re pelling the hosts of slaves which rush against her—which pour into her fertile fields, may not m»ed thy fervice—wc hope that Die mav soon welcome thee to a land of peace and Mr. Adams, freedom we trust that thou wilt yet rife THE Subscriber observing his name in the foperiorto misfortunes, and (hine more bright lid (publifhedby authority) of persons volec' when (he clouds of adversity are dispelled— for, as a lleprefentative to the Congress ol we knew our wiihes would waft thee to our the United States, for the Fi,ft V,/„,t/_h. ; and our hearts welcome thee to our takes the earliest opportunity t» express hi' bofouir we know that poflerity will admire moflt grateful acknowledgments, for the dif thy vieVes, and future ages venerate thy tinguiihed mark of the confidence of his fel name. The CITIZENS of AMERICA. low citizens; and to inform them, bis *Tt n . 7, , , present (itnation obliges him to decline the lath, .affw'n " itamJuSci honor of being considered as a candidate at vcjJlltiij Wejtli* Ctrwiny. tseenfui!)gcleflivo. JOyN C. JONES. MOM Till (OLUMBIAN CENTINEL. Mr. KussfLL, Btfpubliiliing the followingExtrafts, they drill find their way into the Gazette ot the United States. A writer in the American DailyAdvertifer, tinder the signature of Lucius, in stating the comparative merits of* the two competitors, ashu ttiles them, for the Vice-Presidency, (Mr, Adams and Gov. Clinton) lays, " That to Mr. Adams it has been objected that he is attached to a government of King, Lords and Commons ; and that the allegation is true, it Is to be presumed, will not be controverted. His writings entitled, " A Defence of the Ajnerican .Constitutions," and 4 4 pilif-OurVs upon Davila, fully demonflrate it " I W[lll hazard a conje&ure here, that Lucius never read the writings be To candidly pronounces ientence upon ; or it he has, that he has not und-srftood them. As a proof Ol whit I al fert, I herewith fend you an extract of a let ter from Mr. Adams, to a friend of his, writ ten July 29th, 1791. lt You observe that, "that you and I differ in our ideas of the belt form of government, is well known to both of us But my dear Sir, you will give me leave to fay, that I do i>ot know this.—l know not what your idea is,of the bell formofgovernment. Yon and I ha*e never lwd a serious conversation together, that I recoiled, concerning the nature of go vernment. The very tranfien't hints that have ever passed between us, have been jocu lar and fupsrficial, without ever coming to an explanation. If you suppose that I have or ever had, adefign or desire of attempting to introduce a governmant of King, Lords, and Commons, or in other words, an hereditary Executive, or an hereditary Senate, either in to the government of the United States, or that of any individual state, you are wholly mistaken ; there is not such a thought eapreff ed or intimated in any public writing or pri vate letter of mine-; and I may fafely chal lenge all mankind to produce such a palfage, and quote the chapter and verse." Let a candid public judge; and he who doubts, examine for himfelf at the fonntain head, befoie he adopts an opinion founded upon reports calculated only to mislead and decoy. A FRIEND to TRUTH. FROM. A LATE BOSTON PAPER. ' HUMOUROUS. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION DEFEATED. TWENTY-FOUR Frenchmen, in and near the town of Boflot, have entered a Protest in the office of a Notary Public in Boston, against the French Revolution. Upon finding this to be the cafe, the King oj' Pruflia, and the Duke of Brunfwick, have returned to Vienna : There was nothing left for them to do : Monarchy was restored in alt its pomp, and splendor; the Baftile was instantly re built ; all the NoblefTe were restored to the right of ifTulng "heir Letters de Cachet, ac coiding to antient usage; and the People'at once fubinitted to a system of OpprfclTipn, which they had groaned under for two cei^tu- ries. We embrace this opportunity to congratu late the world on this important discovery.— The wife and good men in Europe, have long wished to find out Tome other Arbiter for the fate of Nations, besides that of \Vai ; but ne ver once thought of the Notary Public office. This is an accidental discovery. But what then ?—lt was by the accidental fall of an ap ple on his nose, that Newton discovered the principle of Gravity, which brings a drunkard upon his forehead, and aflifts the Planets in their motion. It is said that Tippoo Saib will be here in March, to enter a Protest in the fame of fice against Lord Cornwj»llis, and the Bri tish Nation, for having found him one half of his expences : This may be considered as a breach of the treaty, and his two Boys may be crucified for it—but then their friends will protest against it. Socman the Third will be here very soon, to enter his Protest against that terrible Woman of Rulfia, for taking Oczakow, and other ports of his Empire from him. The King of Poland would come to en ter his Protest against the fame Woman, for robbing him of his Kingdom, and his People of their Liberty—but he has not money enough to pay the National Fees.—The Secretary at War will soon arrive from Philadelphia, to enter his Protest against the Savages,—and Peace will beeftablilhed throughout the world. For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. Mr. Fenno, WHETHER you guefled right or wrong as to the sameness of the hand that furniihed thefeveral communications poiiited at in No. 58, you have Ihewn a friendly dis position to help out your readers in such con jectures and let the public judge of the num ber of your correspondents. lam one of a number of curious subscribers, who wish to be informed how many of the other commu nications which have adorned your paper, are believed to have come from a /ingle pen. As you have been so kind as of yourfeif to favor the public with the intimation in one cafe, wiiJ doubtJefs do it in the other. from the impartiality of your papef, it might almost be looked for as matter of course without this application. p. .Boston, December 13, 238 Foreign Affairs. Ejctrafli Jrom Ley den Gazettes of the 9th and 12 tk Oclober, 1792. BON K, (Ger.) Oft. 5- THE necessity in which the generals of the combined armies in France have been under of drawing fucceflively to them all the German troyps which were on the Rhine, fir it, the army of General Prince de Ilohenloe Reichberg, then the corps which had remain ed under the orders of Count d'Erback, has left the field open to the French, not only v on the iide of Tinonville wljeie they carried ofF a considerable convoy, but also on the Rhine : Having come from Straiburgh and Fort Lou is, they attacked with a far superior force the 3000 Auftrians which formed thegarrifon of Spire, killed or made them prisoners, took poiFeflion of the city, and sent the military stores that were in it to Landau ; the alarm was spread to Manheim, Worms, and even to Metz, The inhabitants are taking to flight, and the confteroation is general. This ex pedition took place on the 29th September. Above, on the Moselle, the French have made a second irruption into the electorate of Tri ers ; 5300 Frenchmen with 9 cannon entered Metzig on the 29th, at 7 o'clock A. M. forced the garrison to evacuate, destroyed the provi sions, &:c. Extract oj a letter from Mentz, ?.</ Oflober. ii The invasion which General Cnftine* has made, by order of General Biron, into the ter ritory 'of the Empire ; and the taking of Spires, with the general magazine of militaiy (tores for the Imperial army ; has spread ter ror and confternatioh through all this part of Germany. Our city is (hut up ; no one can enter or go out of it. Even the navigation of the Rhine is flopped, to the great detriment of commerce. The number of fugitives come here from Heidelberg, Worms, and all that part of the Rhine, is considerable- Out of 3000 men who, under the orders of General Winkelmann, guarded Spire and the military /lores, very few have escaped. They were aim oil all killed, drowned in the Rhine, or made prisoners, they did not however give up without making the bravest defence. The French, the greatest part of whom came out of Landau, were a body of 17 or 18,000 men. Their ftiperiority was therefore too great to he ruT.fted. It is said they intend to pursue their march to this city. Having advanced to the distance of one league from Kircheim Pohland, where the Prince of Naflau Weil bourg resides, the Court retired in hafce at io o'clock at night, with their mod precious ef fects, and arrived at Weilbourg. It was on the 30th of September that Spire was taken, a stroke which mull be considered as a most important, if not a decifiv* one." Extrad of another letter from BruJJcUs, Oflober Bth " The siege of Lisle ij raifeJ : For some days past there has returned to Tournay a confi derable number of waggons,loaded with balls, ftiells, guns with their carriages, pick-axes, barrows, &:c. which were at the camp before the town. It appears that we have fuffered lofTes on that fide, although the official ac counts do not acquaint us with the particu lars. In general, we are much in the dark refpedling the operations which have taken place in France and the Netherlands : but, upon the whole, we fufficiently perceive that the arms of the combined powers do not meet with that success which the chiefs of the Emi grants had taught them to expe&. It is also well known that the democratical party in France hope to propagate the principles of their revolution in all the neighbouring coun tries. People therefore begin here to be in a very uneasy situation : the fermentation which a certain party keeps up in the minds of the multitude, increasing by the piefent circumstances, orders have been given to a military detachment torcp iir to Antwerp, which is the focus of difaffe&ion. There is also some agitation at Lorraine, and government will be obliged to make use. of all their pru dence, to prevent the etfe<fl of the idea which begins to prevail, that the fate of the Nether lands depends upon the success of the efta blilhment of democracy in France." * Formerly the Count de Cujline. lie was Co!, of the Regiment of Sair:tonge 9 in General Rocham beau's arm-), in Amirica. + An imperial city in the Electorate of Triers. COLOGNE, October 6. The French army which came from Lan dau under the command of General Cuftine, after having laid a heavy contribution on the Prince Bifliop, Chapter, Clergy, and Citizens of Spire, continued 011 the 3d instant their march to Worms ; and as they appear to in tend to go through Mentz, Darmstadt, and Frankfort, into the country of Hetie, the principal inhabitants of those countries take to flight, and secure their property as well as they can. This evening we have seen seve ral persons of diflin&ion arriving from Mentz and the vicinity. A yatcht ha? brought from CobJentz the military chest of the Prullian ar my, with the public records, church orna ments aud other precious effects. It is said that that the French vanguard is already at Kreutznach. Extrafl oj a letter from Luxev. burgh, OH. 5, " The accounts which we have from Ver dun are very melancholy : The Prussian army has been, for several days, in want of bread,or ha" had none but of a very b;»d quality, as the bread which they are obliged to carry there, from a great distance, arrives ali green and mouldy. It is nearly the fame with the Auf triaij army. From our gates to Verdun, the country is waste and almost a defart. As it has rained for ibrne weeks together, the road> are impafT-ble,niul are covered with hundreds of dead horses." LEVD oacbcrit. We are now no longer in an uncertafntv refpetting the fuccefn of the French armies. Here follows a copy of a letter from General Dumourier to the Minuter at War, dated St Menehould, Oft. I. the iftyearof the Com' monwealth. [For this letter, fee Gazette cf the 19th inft.] Later advices, which we have received by way of London, add : that the combined ar m.es, after attempting a negotiation without lucrek, bad retired with fn much haste t! at they had left 4or jooo sick in the hofpitai loft 200 prisoners, and abandoned 23 loaded with provisions and ammunition • that instead of forcing the French a>nv capitulate, they had been purfned thimiclvcs in their retreat ; and that from the direction of the march of part of their forces, it was probable they would meet General Cuftine who is now mailer of all that part .if Germa ny which borders the Khine, from Spire ta Mayence. St. BROU, near St. Sept. 26. Yesterday the foil of the king of Pruffig dtn ed with Gen. Dumonrier. We. do not .know the object of that interview ; but since yes terday, there has been a ceirution of hoftili lies, which it is said will last 6 days. For some days a great number of Pruflianj have deserted, and come over to ; all attacked with a dysentery. They badbut one pouu4 of bread for three days. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT MONDAY, Dec-.. , t i 4. The following petitions vcrc prefcnted 2o<J read, v'.z.—of Brnjan-.m KV.:- ■ tion of services and i Cotterill, praying -r„. a In t certifi cate of James Welch, praj ui fc fcttlement of an account. Mr. B. Bourn, of the committee on the pe tition of Dr. John Bartlet, brought in a report which is, That after examining the fame, the committee are of opinion, the prayer thereof cannot be granted. The bill for enrolling and licensing of ships or veflels, to he employed in the eoaftmg trade and the fifheries, and for regulating the fame, was brought in engrofled, read the third time, and the blanks therein filled up. The firft blank, referring to the time when the aift now in forte (hall ceaie, was filled with the last day of March next. The bill was then passed to be ena&ed. Mr.Moorc, of the committee on enrolled!-,;)]% reported " An act concerning the regifterintr & recordiug of Ihips or vessels," as truly enrolled. The Speaker then signed the fame. A letter was read from the Secretary of War communicating, pursuant to orders from th President of the United States, sundry doci merits relative to Indian affairs, received fro the Governor of Georgia. These documer.i • contain information of a recent murder of eight white persons, by the Indians, on the fron tiers of Georgia. Laid on the table. The petition of Henry C. Baker, an officer in the late army of the United States, was read, praying conipenfation for fervicck during the war. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Udny Hay, was read: this r<- port was in favor of the prayer of the petition, which was for payment of the principal and in terefl of a note for forty pounds, given during the late war by two officers of the American ar my, who had been captured at the northward. The report was acceptcd by the House, ?nd a committee appointed t* report a bill pursuant thereto. In committee of the whole on the bill to pro vide for a reimbursement of a loan made of the Bank of the United States. Mr. White in the chair. The bill was read by the chairman, aid the* conflderedin paragraphs. The firft fe&ion being read, Mr. Giles said he was rather in favour of postponing the business; but if it is peculiarly ad vantageous to the interefl of the TJnitedStatest# make provision for this object immediately, he fuggelled whether it would not 4> e better, if possible, to provide f©rit without having recourft to the expedient of a new l»an. He >vas averse fr©m increasing the debt of the United States by additional loans. He was rather in favour ofap plying the property belonging to the United States in the Bank of the United States for the purpose. He therefore moved, that the fe&ioa should be struck out which provides for a loan, in order to substitute a clause providing for the sale of the (hares in the bank, owned by the I T . States, that the proceeds may be applied to the reimbursement of the loan. Mr. Sedgwick doubted whether the motioq was in order, as it went to a totally different objedt from any fpecified in the bill. The chairman remarked, that a motion to lb-ike out the fe<stion,was in order. Mr. Fitzfimons obferted, that if the idea oi the gentleman was adopted, he was clearly o opinio; - ., that the sale of the {hares wouli not produce a sum adequate to the abje<&; as bringj iag such a number of (hares to market won undoubtedly reducc the price greatly below t \t present market-price. Mr. Giles said he was rather desirous of a polt poncment of the fubjed:; he was not prepaie to decide upon it; he fufpe«sled m?n gentlemen in the committee were in the •- ;dicament; he wculd therefore withdraw his motion or ftr -ting out, under a persuasion that nofudoen w ;/!. take place. Mr. l i.alimons slated fercral reafoni why the cor. lit tee should proceed in the bufincfi; pf ti:; t involves an economical disposal o pr.. - ,:ow lying ufeleis; and a provifiou W 1 . - - r-
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